Scottish Heir Hunters

Unclaimed estates in England are handled by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department although they now wish to be called the ‘Government Legal Department’

The Crown’s representative in Scotland that deal with ownerless property and unclaimed estates is the Office of Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer.

‘QLTR’ publish details of the Scottish equivalent of the Heir Hunters list.

If you are interested in researching Scottish genealogy the online resource you will probably need to refer to is ‘ScotlandsPeople’. The ScotlandsPeople Centre in Edinburgh is the largest family history centre in Scotland.

With almost 90 million records to assist you with your Scottish ancestry research you may be able to build your own Scottish family tree.